Open
$58,720
Close
$58,950
Return
+0.39%
Net Flow
+9 BTC
Volume
47,382 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.00

Summary

On Friday, April 02, 2021, Bitcoin ground out a +0.39% gain to $58,950. Net flow: +9 BTC — buyers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for April 02, 2021

BTC price (blue) and trading volume (cyan bars) per minute. Session shading: Asia (gold 00-08 UTC), Europe (green 08-14), US (red 14-00).

Flow Analysis

Whale activity concentrated around 00:24 UTC: 10 bars with average trade sizes 5.9σ above baseline. The 76 BTC of net buying added conviction to the buying move.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.89 correlation between cumulative flow and price means buying pressure was the dominant force — no hidden passive flow muddying the signal.

Cumulative flow vs return for April 02, 2021

Cumulative buying pressure (purple, left axis) vs cumulative price return (yellow, right axis). When these diverge, flow and price are telling different stories.

Session Breakdown

Morning and afternoon traded like two different markets. Buyers led early (+1,068 BTC), sellers dominated late (-1,059 BTC).

Across sessions: Asia +1.19%, Europe -0.36%, US -0.43% — with Asia doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 1.19% 1180 BTC 50%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.36% -247 BTC 11%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.43% -924 BTC 39%
Buy vs sell volume for April 02, 2021

Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.

Regime Context

The chop regime was running out of road — 1 day(s) before the market shifted to bull. The transition was already underway in hindsight.

Patterns: chop whale-activity flow-reversal regime-end

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